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Old 08-11-2017, 09:18 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by teoman View Post
What is the expected life of these? I have not seen any data on that.
I'm sure it varies from product to product and details of the usage conditions .. but at the highest $ end .. these claim up to 12% conversion efficiency at up to 600deg C and up to 20 year operational life expectancy.

And at the very top (in the 70s) .. The TE modules used in the RTG used on the Voyager 1 are still running launched in 1977.
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